James M. Cain - Author

James M. Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892. Having served in the US Army in World War 1, he became a journalist in Baltimore and New York in the 1920s. He later worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Cain died in 1977.

Featured Books, with extracts, by James M. Cain

The Postman Always Rings TwiceJames M. CainAnthony McGowan, Guest Editor June 2015 chose The Postman
Always Rings Twice as one of his favourite short novels..
"This is a hard-boiled crime novel – adult in its themes and
it characters – but one so fiercely compressed in...
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Featured in:YA readersFormat: Paperback | Released 01/03/2005
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